Name: Leigh Jhoiece Dela Cruz

Grade and Section: Grade 8 St. Alphonse

Priest/Pastor: Ka Michelle Katubig
Church/Parish: Iglesia ni Cristo, Pag asa

Divine Mercy Sunday John 20:19-31

Summary
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the
disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace
be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced
when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I
send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you
forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." But
Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other
disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in
his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe." A week
later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut,
Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your
finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe."
Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have
seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe."

Reflection

It can lead to feelings of understanding, empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you. Forgiveness
doesn’t mean forgetting or excusing the harm done to you or making up with the person who caused
the harm. Forgiveness brings a kind of peace that helps you go on with life